Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Suriname

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Suriname in 2025 — 108.1%. Ranked 18 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 9.75 pp.

2025 108.1% +34.85 pp vs 2024
World rank 18of 189
Period maximum 243.05%1990
Period minimum 61.22%1987

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Suriname, 1960–2025010020030019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 98.34%1962: 83.51%1964: 95.98%1966: 92.99%1968: 89.5%1970: 94.22%1972: 101.3%1974: 121.75%1976: 112.76%1978: 102.11%1980: 128.05%1982: 103.06%1984: 81.25%1986: 74.3%1988: 65.55%1990: 243.05%1992: 230.6%1994: 114.62%1996: 120.51%1998: 80.75%2000: 97.29%2002: 87.88%2004: 108.89%2006: 83.31%2008: 86.24%2010: 78.38%2012: 94.16%2014: 78.14%2016: 81.12%2018: 92.76%2020: 127.96%2022: 122.35%2024: 73.24%2025: 108.1%
Change over the period: +9.75 pp Annual average: 0.15 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Suriname

Suriname 108.1%
World 43.89%
South America computed 32.11%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Suriname, by year Suriname All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 108.1 +34.85 pp
2024 73.24 −42.17 pp
2023 115.41 −6.93 pp
2022 122.35 +4.2 pp
2021 118.15 −9.81 pp
2020 127.96 +31.7 pp
2019 96.26 +3.5 pp
2018 92.76 +1.66 pp
2017 91.1 +9.98 pp
2016 81.12 +9.33 pp
2015 71.79 −6.35 pp
2014 78.14 −11.06 pp
2013 89.2 −4.96 pp
2012 94.16 +1.33 pp
2011 92.83 +14.44 pp
2010 78.38 +6.34 pp
2009 72.04 −14.2 pp
2008 86.24 +4.42 pp
2007 81.83 −1.48 pp
2006 83.31 −30.83 pp
2005 114.14 +5.25 pp
2004 108.89 +3.57 pp
2003 105.32 +17.44 pp
2002 87.88 −15.69 pp
2001 103.56 +6.27 pp
2000 97.29 +2.85 pp
1999 94.44 +13.69 pp
1998 80.75 −51.16 pp
1997 131.91 +11.4 pp
1996 120.51 −33.05 pp
1995 153.56 +38.94 pp
1994 114.62 −83.86 pp
1993 198.48 −32.12 pp
1992 230.6 +36.89 pp
1991 193.71 −49.34 pp
1990 243.05 +61.52 pp
1989 181.53 +115.99 pp
1988 65.55 +4.32 pp
1987 61.22 −13.07 pp
1986 74.3 +2.36 pp
1985 71.94 −9.31 pp
1984 81.25 −13.71 pp
1983 94.96 −8.1 pp
1982 103.06 −14.15 pp
1981 117.21 −10.84 pp
1980 128.05 +18.79 pp
1979 109.27 +7.16 pp
1978 102.11 −8.26 pp
1977 110.37 −2.39 pp
1976 112.76 −3.03 pp
1975 115.79 −5.96 pp
1974 121.75 +22.47 pp
1973 99.28 −2.02 pp
1972 101.3 +7.28 pp
1971 94.02 −0.2 pp
1970 94.22 +1.4 pp
1969 92.82 +3.32 pp
1968 89.5 −5.66 pp
1967 95.15 +2.17 pp
1966 92.99 −4.97 pp
1965 97.96 +1.97 pp
1964 95.98 +12.62 pp
1963 83.37 −0.15 pp
1962 83.51 −4.7 pp
1961 88.21 −10.14 pp
1960 98.34

About the indicator

The sum of exports and imports of goods as a percent of GDP. It differs from trade openness in that services are not counted here, and the difference between the two indicators is exactly what shows the weight of services in a country's foreign trade. The highest values come not from large exporters but from transshipment economies — Singapore, Hong Kong, Luxembourg — where goods are brought in to be sent out again, and both flows are counted in full.

Important: Goods only. The value can exceed 100% of GDP: exports and imports are counted at the full value of the goods while GDP is counted as value added, so in transshipment economies the values run to several hundred percent.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.